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Time Management: The Cost of Always Demanding Quick Work
“I need it now!” Do you cultivate a quick culture, an ‘always on’ culture, in which you prioritize speed above all else?
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22 Servant Leadership Quotes to Inspire and Guide
These servant leadership quotes will inspire you and guide you to find our own success: in work and life.
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The Original Servant Leader Essay: Prophetic and Practical Too
There is a religious quality to the original servant leader essay. Robert K. Greenleaf writes of “prophetic voices”, mythical journeys and “optimal growth”.
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5 Types of Questions to Build Connection With Your Team
We don’t just ask questions for information, we can ask questions to build relationships too! Here are 5 types of questions to build connection with your team, with examples to get you started. Explore them all, and use what’s most relevant to each relationship!
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3 Simple Creative Thinking Techniques for Bigger, Better Ideas
Sometimes we forget that simple is best. Enhance your creative thinking skills with these three simple creative thinking techniques.
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Premortem Analysis: Anticipate Failure to Achieve Success
The project died. The team is frustrated and depressed. Energy levels are low, glum faces all around. In hindsight it’s all so clear! You can avoid this terrible fate with a premortem analysis, a simple and powerful approach to help you anticipate failure, and avoid it.
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Matt Cutts’ 30-Day Challenge Ideas: A Great Way to Develop and Grow!
Matt Cutts’ 30-day challenge is a brilliant, simple idea. Just think of something that you want to add to your life (or remove), and try it for 30 days! There’s something just right about 30 days: long enough to have an impact, short enough to be attainable.
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Doing Something for the First Time? Examples and Quotes
Even in these times of great change, many people lead quite a routine life. There’s a desire to cling to what’s known. And there’s a fear of doing something for the first time.
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The Year-End Review: A Guide for Managers
The end of each year is a natural opportunity for reflection, in life and in work. In this context the year-end review with each of your team members provides an opportunity for you to step back from the day-to-day and take a more holistic perspective.
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Managing Poor Performers: From Problem to Pro!
Every manager, at some point, has inherited or hired someone who just isn’t meeting the mark. That sinking feeling when you see a key project stalling, or a customer complaint lands, that points directly to a member of your team. Managing poor performers is one of the toughest parts of management. It’s frustrating, time-consuming, and can feel like you’re dragging a boulder ...
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